Trump posts graphic video of deadly hammer attack, blames Democratic immigration policies
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- A man named Rolbert Joachin, an undocumented immigrant from Haiti, was arrested for fatally attacking a woman with a hammer at a Chevron gas station in Fort Myers, Florida, last week; the victim, Nilufa Easmin, was a gas station clerk and mother of two.
- Joachin, 40, confessed to the murder after being taken into custody and faces charges including homicide, property damage, and criminal mischief; his next court date is scheduled for May 4.
- Former President Donald Trump posted a graphic video of the attack on Truth Social, blaming the Biden administration, Democrats, and liberal judges for immigration policies that allowed Joachin to have temporary protected status.
- The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Joachin entered the U.S. in August 2022, was ordered removed by a judge, but was granted temporary protected status, which expired in 2024; ICE has placed a hold on him and plans to deport him regardless of the case outcome.
- Trump has used the incident to criticize current immigration policies, emphasizing his administration’s hardline stance on illegal immigration and ongoing legal efforts to terminate temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants.
